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Dan Marino is famous for his touchdowns — but the Hall of Famer’s scoring off the field is downright shocking. The married gridiron great — a pregame analyst for CBS since 2003 who will be doing this Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast — sired a love child with a network underling and then paid her millions to keep quiet, sources have exclusively told The Post.

“They had an affair, and she had a baby,” said a source. “Everything was on the down-low and secretive.” News of the affair and child comes as Marino is set to work Sunday’s big “Super Bowl Today” telecast.

Marino yesterday admitted to his dalliance. “This is a personal and private matter. I take full responsibility both personally and financially for my actions now as I did then,” he told The Post in a written statement. “We mutually agreed to keep our arrangement private to protect all parties involved.”

At the time of the affair and Chloe’s birth, Marino was married to his wife of 20 years, Claire, with whom he had six kids, including four sons and two adopted daughters.

The birth of baby Chloe came about two months before Marino’s Hall of Fame induction — at which his son Daniel made what danmarino.com called “a moving tribute to his father.”

Marino agreed to pay Savattere millions to care for Chloe, sources say, and she moved to Texas as part of the deal.

Why does the media feel the need to crawl up people's asses? The lady is married and has another child with her husband. I'll never understand why people get such a rise out of stories like this. It's none of our business.

Why does the media feel the need to crawl up people's asses? The lady is married and has another child with her husband. I'll never understand why people get such a rise out of stories like this. It's none of our business.

When you choose to put yourself in the public eye, your life will be under scrutiny.

Dan is a scumbag for cheating on his wife and kids. Don't blame the media.

I missing where the OP gets the "hush money" idea from? From the sound of it he was paying her to help with the kid and has since then. It also sounds, and is VERY reasonable, that BOTH parties didn't want this to come out.

I missing where the OP gets the "hush money" idea from? From the sound of it he was paying her to help with the kid and has since then. It also sounds, and is VERY reasonable, that BOTH parties didn't want this to come out.

I was thinking the same thing. Sounded like they just didn't want a spectacle made of their lives. I would almost bet that Dan's wife (at the time) was made of aware of the situation.

Why does the media feel the need to crawl up people's asses? The lady is married and has another child with her husband. I'll never understand why people get such a rise out of stories like this. It's none of our business.